Journal box



A. E. OSTRANDER AND H. H. WILLIAMS.

OURNAL BOX.

APPLICATION HL ED MAR. 23.1921.

Patented @et 17, 1922.

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ALLEN E. OSTRANDER, OF RIDGEWOOD. NEW' JERSEY, .AND HERBERT I-I.WILLIAMS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-HALF TO AMERICAN CARAND FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY,AND ONE-HALF TO METROPOLITAN ENGINEERING COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW

YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW' YORK.

JOURNAL BOX.

Application filed March 23, 1921. Serial No. 454,761.

To @ZZ whomy it may concern.'

Be it known that ALLEN E. OsTRANDnn and HERBERT H. WILLrAifrs, residingat Ridgewood, county of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, and Brooklyn,county of Kings,-

and State of New York, respectively, and being' citizens of the UnitedStates, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a JournalBox, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,suc-h as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and to use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which illustrate the preferred form of the invention, thoughit is to be un-w derstood that the invention is not limited to the exactdetails of construction shown and described, as 'it is obvious thatvarious modiications thereof within the scope of the claims will occurto persons skilled in the art.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through our improved journal box;

Figure 2 is partly a top plan view and partly a horizontal section takenon the line 2-2 of Fig. 3;

Figure 3 is partly a rear elevation and partly a vertical section takenon the line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Figure 4L is a vertical section taken on the line 1 -4 of Fig. 2; and lFigure 5 is a vertical section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

It is the object of our invention to provide an improved pressed metaljournal box that shall be of great strength and durabil-l ity and can bemanufactured at comparatively small cost.

In the embodiment of our invention shown in the drawings, the boxcomprises a top section 1 and a cellar section 2 which are weldedtogether, as at 3. The sides 4 are provided with corrugations 5 whichwiden as they approach the bottom 6 of the box and extend across thebottom of the box forming a recess in which is seated the yoke 7provided with openings to receive the journal box bolts.v The yoke 7 isprovided with a recess adapted to receive the bottom 5 of the box sothat stresses may he transr3 mitted from one to the other without dangerof rupturlng the-welds 8 that secure the yoke 7 to the cellar section 2.At the top of the corrugations 5 the sides 4 are bent inwardly so as toforni stops for the journal brass. The top 9 of the top section 1 has aportion 10 bent upwardly leaving an opening 11 between the top 9 and therear wall 12 into which the dust guard container 18 is fitted. The dustguard container 13 comprises a metal sheet flanged on all sides andshaped to fit the box. The dust guard is slipped into this receptacleand the whole forced into the opening l1.

Secured to the top 9 by welds 151. is an outer reenforcing member havinga body portion 15 covering the top of the box and overlapping slightlyat the sides. The re enforcing member is a drop forging or of cast steeland comprises, integral with the p ortion 15, downwardly extendingprojections 16 adapted to fitinto the corrugations 5 and to rcenforcethose parts of the sides 4 that serve as stops for the journal brass.The outwardly extending portions 17 provided with openings to receivethe journal box bolts, the hinge lugs 18 and the lugs 19 which projectdownwardly through openings in the top 9 to serve as stops for thejournal box wedge are also formed integral with the body portion 15.

l/Vhat we claim is:

l. A journal box comprising a top section, having a top and sides, meansin said top section adapted to serve as journal brass stops and areenforcing means for said top adapted to rcenforce said stopping means.

2. A jouriial box comprising a top sec* tion having a top and sides,corrugations in said sides adapted to serve as journal brass stops andan outer reenforcing member for said top having portions reenforcingsaid corrugations.

3. A journal box comprising a top secu tion having a top and sides,means in said top section adapted to serve as journal brass stops and anouter member carried by said top and having means adapted to reenforcesaid stops and to receive the journal box bolts.

4l. A journal box comprising top and cellar sections, an outerreenforcing meniber secured to said' top section and serving as a yokefor the journal box bolts and a yoke for the bolts interlocking withsaid cellar section.

5. A journal box comprising a top section and an outer reenforcingmember secured to said top section and having projections extendingthrough openings in the top section and adapted to serve as stops forthe journal box wedge.

6. A journal box comprisinga top section having corrugations adapted toserve as journal brass stops and an outer reeni'orcing member secured tosaid topl section and having formed integral therewith hinge lugs, lugsadapted to engage the journal b'ox wedge, lugs adapted to engagethejour'nal box bolts and lugs adapted to reenfore the eorr'ufrations inthe top section.

7. journal box Comprising4 a top and sides having eorrugations adaptedto serve as journal brass stops and an outer reenii'orcing member forsaid top having projections adapted to reenforce said stops andprojections adapted to serve as stops for the journal box wedge.

8. A two part journal box comprising box like top and bottom sectionswelded together on their meeting edges and a reenforcing cover platewelded to said top section7 and interlocking with said top section.

9. A two part journal box comprising box like top andv bottom sectionswelded to gether on their meeting edges, a reenforcing Cover platewelded to said top section and having openings 'for the journal boxbolts anda yokefor the journal box bolts interlocked with said cellarsection. l0. A journal box comprisingy top .and cellar sections, anouter' reenforcing member interlocking with said top section and a yokefor the ournal box bolts interlocking with said cellar section. l

In witness whereof we havel hereunto set our hands in thepresence of twowitnesses.

ALLEN- E. OSTRANDER. HERBERT H. WILLIAMS. Vitne'sses; f

L. V. JOYCE, Bnssm D. STRONG.

